2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Complaints

BRAKE LINES CORRODED TO THE POINT OF FAILURE CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKING AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. DEALER WILL REPLACE ENTIRE TRUCKS BRAKE LINES EXTENSIVE REPAIR. PERSONALLY KNOW A FRIEND WITH A 2002 CHEVROLET THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE REPAIR CENTER HE REPAIRED HIS TRUCK AT INFORMED HIM THAT THEY REPLACED FOUR OTHER CHEVROLET TRUCKS BRAKE LINES IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR FORTY YEARS AND NEVER REPLACED BRAKE LINES ON A CAR SOME WITH OVER 150,000 MILES ON THEM. *TR

SPEEDOMETER READOUT STUCK AT 40MPH WHILE VEHICLE PARKED. IF DRIVEN CONTINUES UP FROM THERE AND STICKS. NEXT DAY SPEEDOMETER RESOLVED ITSELF AND RPM GAUGE IS STUCK ON 6 WHEN IT SHOULD BE READING 2-3, ITS' BEEN STUCK FOR TWO MONTHS STILL. *TR

REAR HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES ROTTED AND LEAKED FLUID CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING. LAST YEAR I HAD TO HAVE THE REAR BRAKE CALIPERS REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST AND ROT. THE MECHANIC PERFORMING CURRENT REPAIRS STATS THAT THE FRONT HYDRAULIC LINES ARE RUSTING AND WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED SOON. THE FRONT CALIPERS HAVE ROTTED OUT BLEEDER VALVES. THE FRONT CALIPERS WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AS A RESULT WHEN THE FRONT HYDRAULIC LINES ARE REPLACED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS DIAGNOSED TO AN EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS SYSTEM LEAK. THE LEAK WAS TRACED TO A DAMAGED PLASTIC FITTING CONNECTED TO THE FUEL PUMP AT THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. THE FUEL PUMP METAL WAS ROTTED CAUSING THE JOINT TO EXPAND DAMAGING THE FITTING AND CAUSING THE LEAK. I DO NOT TRAILER A BOAT AND THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN IMMERSED IN SALT WATER. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS AMOUNT OF UNDERCARRIAGE RUST AND METAL DAMAGE ON ANY VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED WITH MANY MORE MILES AND YEARS OF SERVICE. *TR

PUT ON BRAKES TO AVOID CAR SLOWING IN FRONT OF ME. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HAD ALMOST NO BRAKES. HAD TO SWERVE DRASTICALLY TO AVOID HITTING THE OTHER CAR. MECHANIC CHECKED THE TRUCK THE NEXT DAY AND FOUND CORRODED BRAKE LINES HAD FAILED. *TR

TURNING THE CORNER WITHOUT ANY NOTICE, THE BRAKE LINE APPARENTLY BROKE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. BRAKE FLUID WENT EVERYWHERE- WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP, BUT GOD FORBID IF I WAS ON A FREEWAY OR WAS PULLING MY BOAT! COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC! UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS, ALL OF THE BRAKELINES SHOWING UNDER THE DRIVERSIDE WHEEL WELL ARE CORRODED BADLY AND WILL NEED REPLACED. I HAVE OWNED ALOT OF CARS/TRUCKS AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A BRAKE LINE. THE COSTS I HAVE BEEN QUOTED ARE UPWARD OF 1500.00 TO REPAIR DUE TO THE POOR DESIGN AND THAT THE PARTS HAVE TO BE ORDERED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS VEHICLE. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING ON A 2004 VEHICLE WITH THE LOW MILES IT HAS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HOT. THE COMPONENTS ON THE STEERING WHEEL ILLUMINATED AND UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE WIRES HAD MELTED. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE RADIO BECAME VERY HOT AND MELTED THE CD INSIDE OF THE SYSTEM. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD PAY FOR A NEW INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, BUT NOT THE INSTALLATION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 146,000.

THE TRANSFER CASE BUTTONS ONLY LIGHT UP OCCASIONALLY BUT IT MIGHT BE THE NEUTRAL BUTTON THAT LIGHTS UP OR SOMETIMES THE TWO-WHEEL DRIVE BUTTON. THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE IS PEGGED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GUAGE. YESTERDAY MY RADIO QUIT WORKING DOES NOT EVEN LIGHT UP.

SPEEDOMETER JUMPS ALL OVER THE PLACE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPEED UP OR SLOW DOWN DRAMATICALY IF THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON. WHEN STOPPED THE SPEEDOMETER MAY STICK AT ANY MPH OTHER THAN ZERO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER AND RPM GAUGES HAVE STOPPED WORKING. THE CONTACT STATED HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE HOW FAST HE IS DRIVING AND DOES NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE CONTACT STATED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,600.

GAS GAUGE NOT WORKING ALWAYS SHOWING EMTY SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING CORRECTLY SENSOR LIGHT KEEPS COMMING ON AND OFF. *TR